Colours of uniforms, teams and vehicles
Regiments, schools, sports clubs, airlines, taxis and racing cars.
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Khaki
A light tan with a yellowish tinge, once made for military uniformsNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India +2
#003153
Prussian blue
A deep blue pigment first made in Berlin in the early 1700sPigment · 🇯🇵 Japan
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Scarlet
A bright red with a touch of orange, long tied to power, sacrifice and sinNamed shade · 🇹🇷 Turkey +4
#87CEEB
Sky blue
A light blue named for the colour of a clear daytime skyNamed shade · 🇦🇷 Argentina +5
#800000
Maroon
A deep brownish red named for the French word for chestnutNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia +4
#0047AB
Cobalt blue
A strong, stable blue pigment made from cobalt and alumina since the early 1800sPigment · 🇫🇷 France +3
#000080
Navy blue
A deep blue shade named for the uniforms of the Royal NavyNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +2
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Royal blue
A strong, deep blue linked with royalty and national flagsNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +4
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Bleu de France
A vivid blue long linked with France and its national identityNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France
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Savoy blueblu Savoia
A bright blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, a symbol of Italy since the Middle AgesNamed shade · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Old gold
A deep, dark yellow seen in sport, politics and traditionNamed shade · 🇬🇪 Georgia
Yellow
Imperial yellow jacket黃馬褂
A yellow riding jacket marking the highest honour in Qing dynasty ChinaTraditional colour · 🇨🇳 China
Brown
Drab
A dull light brown named after undyed homespun wool clothNamed shade
Yellow
Palomino
A golden-coated horse with a pale mane and tail, prized for its striking lookNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
Green
Vert
The heraldic name for green, seen on coats of arms and many national flagsHeraldic colour · 🇧🇷 Brazil +4
Brown
Pinto horse
A horse coat with large patches of white and another colourNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +2
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Buff
A pale brownish yellow named for the colour of natural leatherNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +3
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Bronze
A metallic brown shade named after the bronze alloyNamed shade
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Feldgrau
A green-grey shade long used for military uniforms in Germany and beyondNamed shade · 🇩🇪 Germany +5
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Alice blue
A pale blue shade named for Alice Roosevelt, once a fashion trend in the USNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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Maize
A yellow named for the colour of maize grains, ranging from pale to goldenNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +1
Orange
Tenné
A rare heraldic stain of orange-tawny, named for tanned leatherNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +3
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Indian red
A deep red pigment once sourced from Indian laterite soil, now made from iron oxidePigment · 🇮🇳 India
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Air Force blue
A medium blue-green shade linked to air force uniforms and flagsNamed shade · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom +3
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Marengo
A dark grey or blue-grey shade, once a speckled fabric from northern ItalyNamed shade · 🇮🇹 Italy +2
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Oxford Blue
A deep blue shade representing the University of OxfordNamed shade
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Cadet grey
A blue-tinged grey once common in military uniformsNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +3
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Cambridge Blue
A spring green shade worn by University of Cambridge sports teamsNamed shade
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Columbia blue
A pale blue shade first used by Columbia University and its student societiesNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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Tuscan red
A deep, dark red once standard on railway passenger carsNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia
Blue
National colours of Ukraine
Blue and gold as the colours of Ukraine’s flag, arms and national teamsNational or team colour · 🇺🇦 Ukraine
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Lincoln green
A yellowish-green cloth colour first made in medieval Lincoln, EnglandNamed shade
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Yale Blue
A deep blue shade linked to Yale University since the 19th centuryNamed shade
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Eton blue
A greenish blue shade linked to Eton College and early Chelsea FC coloursNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia
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Carolina blue
A light blue shade tied to the University of North CarolinaNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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Palatinate
A purple shade long tied to Durham University and its traditionsNamed shade
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NIVO
A dark grey-green finish once used on British night bombersNamed shade
Black
National colours of New Zealand
Black, white or silver, and red ochre as New Zealand’s national coloursNational or team colour · 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bronze: Sardaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bleu de France: Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buff: Johan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Columbia blue: F. Earl Christy, Public domain, source
- Maize: en:User:Pratheepps, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Indian red: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lincoln green: Howard Pyle, Public domain, source
- Navy blue: Official Navy Page, Public domain, source
- Palatinate: AlexD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tuscan red: User:Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yale Blue: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tenné: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Public domain, source
- Khaki: Mehlauge, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vert: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Air Force blue: Mick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Savoy blue: El Gráfico, Public domain, source
- Drab: M0tty, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- National colours of New Zealand: Mehdi Nazarinia, GFDL 1.2, source
- Pinto horse: Michael Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Palomino: (a friend of) Kvetina-Marie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Marengo: Horace Vernet, Public domain, source
- Sky blue: Gabriela Ruellan, CC0, source
- National colours of Ukraine: Dobrych, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Maroon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Scarlet: Daderot, Public domain, source
- Feldgrau: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Cobalt blue: FK1954, Public domain, source
- Prussian blue: Picture created by publunch, Public domain, source
- NIVO: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source